OncoNano Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded $15.4 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to advance ONM-500, one of OncoNano’s innovative oncology product candidates. In ONM-500, OncoNano leverages its proprietary pH-sensitive micelle technology to deliver antigens while activating innate immunity for the treatment of cancers caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). This grant award adds to an initial $6 million grant that the company received from CPRIT in 2014 for advancement of the company’s ONM-100, where OncoNano’s micelle technology is being used to intraoperatively image tumors during surgical resection, currently in Phase 2 clinical trials... (read more)

Salem Partners, LLC (“Salem Partners”) is pleased to announce the successful completion of a $35 million senior loan for its client, Urban Mining Company (“UMC”) and its investors and affiliates. UMC presented Salem Partners with the challenge to structure a credit product that would provide enough proceeds to refinance its existing real estate debt, finish its mission critical manufacturing facility in the Austin / San Marcos region of Texas and capitalize all transaction and interest costs (a proceeds level which was unavailable by typical bank lenders) all within a tight time frame... (read more)